Out of Season, the album released by Portishead singer Beth Gibbons & former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb (under the pseudonym Rustin Man), is to be reissued on vinyl in October.
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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
ZZ Top / Goin’ 50 – 5LP vinyl – £22
Crazy price for the recently released 50-track, 5LP vinyl box set.
Gong / Love From The Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973-1975 / 13-disc box
50th anniversary box • 12CD+DVD • Surround sound • Remastered
Curated by Steve Hillage and released with the full involvement of original members, legendary psychedelic surrealists Gong are the subject of a new box set with the release of Love From Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973-75.
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Out This Week / on 30 August 2019
This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals
UK: PiL / The Public Image Is Rotten 6LP super deluxe – £48
Bargain for the massive 6LP vinyl box which comes with a download card and includes a 72-page book, poster, prints and come packaged in a ‘debossed’ black and gold foil box.
Tanita Tikaram / To Drink The Rainbow: An Anthology 1988-2019
Pete Paphides’ new record label Needle Mythology delivers its third release next month, a Tanita Tikaram anthology called To Drink The Rainbow: An Anthology 1988-2019.
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Pre-order the new Simple Minds live album as an exclusive SIGNED 2CD set
The mystery of why there is no signed CD option in the official Simple Minds store, for the newly announced Live In The City Of Angels album, has been solved. Amazon UK has been given that exclusive and today a listing has appeared for a SIGNED two-CD edition.
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David Bowie / VH1 Storytellers to be released as a limited 2LP vinyl set
David Bowie‘s ‘intimate’ set for VH1’s Storytellers series was recorded 20 years ago in 1999 and was issued on CD/DVD a decade later. It is now being made available on vinyl for the first time with, four bonus tracks not included on the original CD.
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Gary Numan / 40th anniversary reissues
2LP coloured vinyl and 2CD sets of ‘First Recordings’ (demos/outtakes)
Beggars Banquet are releasing two special titles to commemorate the legendary albums Gary Numan/Tubeway Army issued in 1979. These editions are titled Replicas – The First Recordings, and the debut under his own name, The Pleasure Principle – The First Recordings.
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SDE Exclusive: Tears For Fears on the making of Sowing The Seeds of Love
Tears For Fears’ single ‘Sowing The Seeds Of Love’ was released 30 years ago today. To mark the occasion, SDE publishes an exclusive interview with Roland Orzabal & Curt Smith – and producers Chris Hughes and Dave Bascombe – on the song’s genesis & the recording process.
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Dusty Springfield / Dusty In Memphis 50th anniversary half-speed master
Dusty Springfield’s fifth album, Dusty In Memphis, has been remastered and cut at half-speed for the latest in Universal Music’s ‘Mastered At Abbey Road’ half-speed vinyl releases.
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OMD / Souvenir 5CD + 2DVD box set
5CD+DVD box set • Unreleased tracks • Live performances
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (aka OMD) continue their 40th anniversary celebrations with the announcement of Souvenir, a career-spanning seven-disc box set.
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Simple Minds / Live In The City Of Angels / 4LP and 4CD sets
Simple Minds will release a new live album, Live In The City of Angels in October.
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Nina Simone / The Complete RCA Albums Collection
The Nina Simone Complete RCA Albums Collection box set is being made available again from September.
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Pre-order Simply Red’s new album ‘Blue Eyed Soul’ as a signed CD edition
Simply Red‘s newly announced studio album, Blue Eyed Soul, is now available to pre-order as a SIGNED CD edition via Amazon UK.
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Out This Week / on 23 August 2019
Saturday Deluxe / 17 August 2019
It’s all a matter of timing. George Michael‘s Careless Whisper – which went to number one in the UK charts 35 years ago tomorrow – was the right song at exactly the right time.
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Whitesnake / Slip of the Tongue 30th anniversary box set & reissues
Whitesnake‘s 1989 album Slip of the Tongue is to be reissued for its 30th anniversary across four different physical editions including a seven-disc super deluxe which offers a host of rare and unreleased material.
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Pre-order a signed CD of Michael Kiwanuka’s new album ‘Kiwanuka’
Michael Kiwanuka‘s follow up to the brilliant Love & Hate will be released in October. The album is called simply Kiwanuka and you can pre-order a signed CD in the UK right now.
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INXS / Dekadance vinyl LP
First time on vinyl for the cassette-only 1984 release
INXS‘ Dekadance remix set, which was an exclusive Australian-only cassette release (with six different covers, one for each band member) back in 1984, is being issued on vinyl for the first time at the end of this month, for its 35th anniversary.
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